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Offline Dave Stroud

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Air Hydraulic Rivet tool
« on: January 19, 2017, 05:59:45 PM »
Harbor Freight has an air / hydraulic rivet tool for about $70. Has anyone bought and used one of these ? Any comments to its value...is it a decent tool for what we need ? Thanks....
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Re: Air Hydraulic Rivet tool
« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2017, 03:27:30 PM »
No more pop rivets than on the Legal Eagle not required, Easy to do by hand with the hardware store pop rivet tool
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Re: Air Hydraulic Rivet tool
« Reply #2 on: January 21, 2017, 03:38:40 PM »
I do have the harbor freight air rivet gun .It worked good for the 3/16 stainless rivets on the rans s6 that i had , I used it on my XL tail but it's a luxury.

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Re: Air Hydraulic Rivet tool
« Reply #3 on: January 22, 2017, 07:35:29 AM »
Thanks for that, Dale. I'm right handed and my little finger is in a splint and may be for some time. It's a PIA at the best of times and pulling rivets even with two hands now seems awkward and still aggravates the finger in the splint.
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Re: Air Hydraulic Rivet tool
« Reply #4 on: January 22, 2017, 11:40:45 AM »
Hi Guys,
 I bought a Harbor Frieght pop rivet puller and is it working very well.  I don't care for the side air connection tho.  Leonard

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Re: Air Hydraulic Rivet tool
« Reply #5 on: January 24, 2017, 02:55:18 PM »
I had one from HF that failed after about 100 rivets, HF replaced it but I bought one from ATS that seems to be much better quality for not much more. It's going strong after over 500 rivets on a Onex.

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Re: Air Hydraulic Rivet tool
« Reply #6 on: January 24, 2017, 03:30:24 PM »
X3skier which model did you get from ATS please ?
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Re: Air Hydraulic Rivet tool
« Reply #7 on: January 24, 2017, 11:36:53 PM »
I got one of the Harbor Freight air rivet pullers a few years back.  It had a bad o-ring and leaked oil right out of the box.  Once that was fixed up it worked for a handful of rivets until the head jammed up on it.  I spent more time fixing the thing than using it.  I still have it hanging on the wall, but truth be told I usually just hand pull the rivets, or if possible use solid rivets instead of pulling out the HF pile of junk I got.   I'm sure one from ATS or just about anywhere else would have been a better investment.  At a Sonex Aircraft workshop they said they had great luck with them (the HF ones) so perhaps I was just the lucky sucker to get the one made out of all the reject parts..
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Re: Air Hydraulic Rivet tool
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Re: Air Hydraulic Rivet tool
« Reply #9 on: March 28, 2017, 04:47:44 PM »
Have a question?  if you grind on the back side of the camshaft lobe  will you get any more lift???to the valve???

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Re: Air Hydraulic Rivet tool
« Reply #10 on: March 28, 2017, 08:02:06 PM »
Have a question?  if you grind on the back side of the camshaft lobe  will you get any more lift???to the valve???

Only if you put what you grind off back on the front side of the lobe..:emoji_u1f62f:


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